EP25: Edible acorns – the forgotten food
Acorns are a massive, under-utilised and forgotten food source. Join Robin Harford (your host) and Marcie Mayer (Europe’s foremost acorn food producer), as they … Continue
Oak
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Acorns in an era of climate change
In this video, Marcie Mayer takes your around her oak farm in Greece and shows you behind-the-scenes how acorns are being used as food. … Continue
Acorns: a forgotten superfood
The use of acorns go back into the mists of time. An ancient food that unfortunately these days is sorely neglected. Marcie Mayer is … Continue
The awesomeness of acorns
Each morning I go outside and ponder the old oak that stands on the side of the road. Each morning I say a blessing … Continue
How to store and process acorns
Processing and storing acorns has a lot of mystique surrounding it. The process that follows comes from Marcie Mayer (who I interviewed for my … Continue
Spiced Pickled Acorns
Acorn recipes tend to be rather bland and boring. Most folks grind them into flour and add that to bread or as a thickener … Continue